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Notable anniversaries in history for today: October 17
- 100th: 1924 - Notre Dame defeats Army 13 to 7 in football at Polo Grounds, with 55,000 spectators.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Carol Cole in West Medford, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Ellie - Grady).
- 70th: 1954 - Philadelphia Eagles' Adrian Burk passes for seven touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-21).
- 60th: 1964 - New York Yankees fire manager Yogi Berra.
- 50th: 1974 - Oakland Athletics beat Los Angeles Dodgers, four games to one in 71st World Series; makes Athletics the second team (next to New York Yankees) to win three straight series.
- 50th: 1974 - Washington Capitals' first NHL home victory, beating Chicago Black Hawks 4-3.
- 30th: 1994 - The Huahai Number Two tanker spills oil off Qinhuangdao in Hebei province, China, polluting 1km of beaches and reefs at Dongshan.
- 25th: 1999 - In Frankfurt am Main, Germany, historian Fritz Stern is given the Peace Prize of the German Book Association.
- 20th: 2004 - A referendum in Belarus approves the lifting of constitutional term limits for the presidency.
- 15th: 2009 - Death of Jay W. Johnson at age 66 of an apparent heart attack in Virgina, USA; television broadcaster for 32 years, US Congressman (1996-97), 36th director of US Mint (1999-2001).
- 5th: 2019 - New York City's city council votes to close Rikers Island jail in 2026.
- 5th: 2019 - In Culiacón, Mexico, 30 government soldiers capture Ovidio Guzmán López, son of "El Chapo". But organized crime family business re-inforcements arrive and overwhelm government forces. López is released. 14 people are killed.
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